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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-12-18 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Bad Aibling, Bavière, Germany

Klaus Wennemann

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Klaus Wennemann (18 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) was a German television and film actor.

Wenneman was born in Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia. He is perhaps best known for his leading roles as the Chief Engineer, (the LI), in Das Boot, and as Faber in the TV series Der Fahnder. As an actor, he appeared in nine movies, and ten television series. He died in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, at the age of 59, from lung cancer. He was married to the same woman from 1963 until his death; they had two sons together.

Wennemann was good friends with fellow actor Jürgen Prochnow. Their real-life friendship further added to the on-screen friendship of their respective character roles, portrayed in the film Das Boot.

Known For

Acting

1999

1998

Siska as Busse

1997

Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast as Horst-Wolfgang König
Der Mordsfilm as Adolf von Meck
Is’ was Trainer? as Hardy Fuchs
Small Talk as Self

1996

Helden haben es schwer as Jörg Winter

1995

Schwurgericht as Staatsanwalt Adelbert von Meck

1994

Schwarz greift ein as Henning Schwarz
Zwei Brüder as Hentschel

1993

1992

1990

1989

Pyjama für drei as Manfred

1988

Flitterabend as Self

1987

Der Unsichtbare as Peter Benjamin

1986

Liebling Kreuzberg as Rechtsanwalt Keller

1985

Das Boot as Leitender Ingenieur

1984

1983

Rote Erde as Betriebsführer
Landluft as Heinz Lippert

1981

Das Boot as Chief Engineer

1980

Auf Achse as Hans Korff

1970

Scene of the Crime as Frieder Schoen

1964